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Epictetus(55 Ce&#X2013;C. 135)
Epictetus became a slave of Epaphroditus, himself a freedman who was secretary to Nero. After being freed by his master, Epictetus studied with the Stoic Musonius Rufus,...
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Epictetus (ca. 50-ca. 135) was a Greek philosopher who believed that man should concern himself only with what he can control and suffer what he cannot influence.Epictetus was born a slave in Hierapol...
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A slave who lived for many years in Rome, Epictetus was also a Stoic philosopher who taught that wisdom consisted in achieving independence from external circumstances and in learning to meet adversit...
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The goal of Stoic philosophy is the avoidance of disappointment and the pursuit of happiness through the exercise of controlling what we can and not trying to control things we cannot.
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